Boy George says BBC biopic lacked 'heart and soul'

Boy George says BBC biopic lacked 'heart and soul'
Boy George says BBC biopic lacked 'heart and soul' (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Boy George has slammed the BBC drama about himself, despite being a consultant on the show. The 48-year-old Culture Club singer - whose real name is George O'Dowd - contacted young actor Douglas Booth who played him in Worried About A Boy, which screened on BBC2 on Sunday, to give him advice about the role, and asked the producers to employ his actual make-up artists to do the make-up and styling. But Boy George later wrote on Twitter: "Verdict, beautifully shot and styled but badly written, it lacks heart and soul! "The make-up is the best thing about it. "It's what happens when straight blokes write about poofs, one dimensional but great drag! "I'm glad the doc was made, love Doug and Matt and the Kirk guy (cute), it was entertaining but lacking!" When the show was announced he contacted Douglas on Facebook and told him: "Just want to wish you all the best, I can't wait to see it - just don't be camp... I'm not camp!" The singer also met the cast and crew on set while they were filming earlier this year.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.